Jewish Bucharest Tour
A quick introductory video tour into the Jewish Bucharest.
Use your visit to Romania to explore the Jewish history of the country. Although, much of Bucharest's Jewish quarter was knocked down during the Communist times, many unique artifacts have been preserved and are now exhibited in the Jewish History Museum housed in the former Synagogue of Tailors. The Great Synagogue of Bucharest, hidden behind the Communist-era apartment buildings, is a beautiful and well preserved Temple. The Holocaust museum, located in the Temple, features photographs, people's testaments, facts and figures related to this tragic time. Coral Temple, which is undergoing interior works and is closed for visits now, is the 3d temple in Bucharest. The Holocaust memorial is a must.
Jewish Bucharest tour is a must for those interested in learning about the past and present of Romania's and Bucharest's Jewry.
Jewish Bucharest tour can be arranged as a shore excursion for those coming to Constanta with a cruise. More about our Constanta and Bucharest tours and shore excursions at odessawalks.com
Jewish Romania: The Great Synagogue of Bucharest
Wonderful Guide Eduard (romaniajewishtours.com and medievaltours.com) escorted us through the remnants of Jewish Bucharest and filled heads to bursting. The first stop was to the Great Synagogue of Bucharest which is also a Holocaust Museum, built in 1845-1846.
A Jewish presence in Bucharest was first documented in 1550 and the Jewish community was once the largest minority community in Bucharest.
I'll let Eduard dispense information in this and subsequent videos since he communicated the facts so well. Eduard, who is NOT Jewish, is a perfect example of how important it is for all peoples to visit important religious sites throughout the world. The ex-Marine (husband, Steve) and I are forever lighting candles in Churches, making kora (circumambulating around a Buddhist sacred site), and even a Jain pilgrimage. Have got to cover all eventualities, right?
Jewish Romania: The Holocaust Memorial, Bucharest
Another stop with guide Eduard (romaniajewishtours.com and medievaltours.com) at the Holocaust Memorial which was dedicated in 2009 and designed by Romanian sculptor Peter Jacobi.
The Romanian Government has only recently owned up to its part during the holocaust. Between 280,000 and 380,000 Romanian and Ukrainian Jews, and 25,000 gypsies (Roma) were killed by Romanian civilian and military authorities in Romania and areas it controlled during World War II.
Many were slaughtered in pogroms (already talked about in the video taken inside the Great Synagogue) while others were transported to labor camps, primarily Auschwitz.
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Romania: Jewish headstones vandalised at Bucharest cemetery
The President of the Jewish Community in Bucharest Paul Schwartz inspected the damage inflicted to 11 Jewish headstones in Giurgiului Jewish Cemetery in the Romanian capital, Thursday.
SOT, Paul Schwartz, president of the Jewish Community in Bucharest (Romanian): So if indeed there were some children who admit to doing all this, behind them there must be someone very powerful, very well organised, and who has paid them generously, because there cannot be any other explanation.
Paul Schwartz, president of the Jewish Community in Bucharest (Romanian): This is beyond any explanation, why the very same monuments are targeted again after eight years and destroyed. This is unimaginable, I want to tell you that in Germany even Hitler himself did not dare to touch a single Jewish cemetery.
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Jewish Romania: The JCC, Bucharest
Still on the move with guide Eduard (romaniajewishtours.com and medievaltours.com), the next stop was at the very active Bucharest JCC, Jewish Community Center to meet with enthusiastic Shai, Deputy Director of Development Programs here.
Volunteers work their buns off providing support to Romanian Holocaust survivors and other remaining members of the Jewish community. They furnish meals to the indigent, a gathering place for adults and children in a warm environment, and even have a radio station open to anyone with something to say! A wonderful place that does so much good...
Jewish Romania: The Jewish Theater, Bucharest
Guide Eduard (romaniajewishtours.com and medievaltours.com) took us to the Teatrul Evreiesc de Stat Bucuresti (Jewish Theater), situated in the center of the once predominantly Jewish area.
Although called the Jewish Theater, the artists, writers, musicians and actors who perform are not necessarily Jewish but Romanian. Programming is a mix of traditional and modern with a repertoire that includes: Yiddish classic, Romanian and international works.
Interestingly enough, the Nazis left the theater alone to attend performances themselves. I found the prop department extremely interesting with enough vintage to interest the most devout fashionista. Another must-see and unusual stop for tourists in Bucharest.
Invitation to walking tour in Matei Basarab area (Jewish Bucharest). 1.03.15
Historic Houses of Romania organises an architectural tour in Matei Basarab area of Bucharest, also known for its Jewish heritage, on Sunday 1 March 2015, between 11.30h - 13.30h. The guide is Valentin Mandache, expert in period architecture. Registrations at v.mandache@gmail.com
Jewish Romania: The Yeshua Tova Synagogue, Bucharest
One last Bucharest temple with guide Eduard (romaniajewishtours.com and medievaltours.com) at the Yeshua Tova Synagogue. Yeshua Tova is an ultra-Orthodox Synagogue run by the Chabad Lubavitch, a Hasidic sect who incorporates the teachings of Kabala/Kabbalah. Hmm, I wonder if Madonna or Demi have ever visited this Synagogue...
Yeshua Tova Synagogue was built in 1827, renovated in 2007 and very easy to find, located only a few blocks from University Square. It is Bucharest's oldest synagogue.
On a side note that has nothing to do with Judaism, there was a wonderful bakery across the street - great cheese rolls!
Jewish Romania: Holy Union Synagogue of Tailors Museum, Bucharest
Steve and I kept on going with guide Eduard (romaniajewishtours.com and medievaltours.com) to the Holy Union Synagogue of Tailors, now a Jewish History Museum. This temple managed to survive in its entirety through both World War II and Ceausescu (Romania's last Communist leader) who was intent on destroying anything having to do with religion. Built in 1850 by the Jewish Tailors' Guild of Bucharest, this stunning temple had Moorish, Romanesque and Byzantine elements.
Displays inside included a collection of books, paintings of and by Romanian Jews, and archives of Romanian History.
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Bucharest Jewish Museum
Bucharest's Templul Unirea Sfântă (United Holy Temple) synagogue houses the Jewish Museum.
The museum include books ,paintings and fascinating memorabilia gathered from the city's Jewish theaters .The museum focuses on the jews and theur continuing contribution to jromanian society
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“Museums under the spotlight” is an open invitation for everyone, to enter a world of mystery and history, that lets the imagination run free. Beyond the images presented in the show, we invite you to discover, feel, experiment and live on your own a visit to the museum.
History is an anchor, to know who you are means recognition and continuity, certainty and belonging and “Museums under the spotlight” wishes to tell you stories about monuments with historical, artistic and architectural value included in the national cultural heritage of Romania, stories about human treasures, about masterpieces, legends and everything that represents true beauty in Romania.
“Museums under the spotlight” invites you to make your life a beautiful story!
Romania marks seventy years since Jewish pogrom
Romania this week marked the seventieth anniversary of the Iasi pogrom of June 1941, in which thousands of Jews were rounded up and shot. Leizer Finchelstein is one of the few who survived. Now 88 years old, he still struggles with the memories of what happened.Duration: 02:35
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Description: The history of the Jews in Romania concerns the Jews both of Romania and of Romanian origins, from their first mention on what is present-day Romanian territory. Minimal until the 18th century, the size of the Jewish population increased after around 1850, and more especially after the establishment of Greater Romania in the aftermath of World War I. A diverse community, albeit an overwhelmingly urban one, Jews were a target of religious persecution and racism in Romanian society – from the late-19th century debate over the Jewish Question and the Jewish residents' right to citizenship, to the genocide carried out in the lands of Romania as part of the Holocaust. The latter, coupled with successive waves of aliyah, has accounted for a dramatic decrease in the overall size of Romania's present-day Jewish community. Jewish communities existed in Romanian territory in the 2nd century AD. During the reign of Peter the Lame the Jews of Moldavia, mainly traders from Poland who were competing with locals, were taxed and ultimately expelled. The authorities decided in 1650 and 1741 required Jews to wear clothing evidencing their status and ethnicity. The first blood accusation in Moldavia was made in 1710, when the Jews of Târgu Neamț were charged with having killed a Christian child for ritual purposes. An anti-Jewish riot occurred in Bucharest in the 1760s. During the Russo-Turkish War, 1768-1774 the Jews in the Danubian Principalities had to endure great hardships. Massacres and pillages were perpetrated in almost every town and village in the country. During the Greek War of Independence, which signalled the Wallachian uprising of 1821, Jews were victims of pogroms and persecutions. In the 1860s, there was another riot motivated by blood libel accusations.Antisemitism was officially enforced under the premierships of Ion Brătianu. During his first years in office Brătianu reinforced and applied old discrimination laws, insisting that Jews were not allowed to settle in the countryside , while declaring many Jewish urban inhabitants to be vagrants and expelling them from the country. The emigration of Romanian Jews on a larger scale commenced soon after 1878. By 1900 there were 250,000 Romanian Jews: 3.3% of the population, 14.6% of the city dwellers, 32% of the Moldavian urban population and 42% of Iași.Between the establishment of the National Legionary State and 1942, 80 anti-Jewish regulations were passed. Starting at the end of October, 1940, the Iron Guard began a massive antisemitic campaign, torturing and beating Jews and looting their shops , culminating in the failed coup and a pogrom in Bucharest, in which 125 Jews were killed. Antonescu eventually stopped the violence and chaos created by the Iron Guard by brutally suppressing the rebellion, but continued the policy of oppression and massacre of Jews, and, to a lesser extent, of Roma. After Romania entered the war at the start of Operation Barbarossa atrocities against the Jews became common, starting with the Iași pogrom. According to the Wiesel Commission report released by the Romanian government in 2004, between 280,000 and 380,000 Jews were murdered or died during the Holocaust in Romania, but also in the occupied Soviet territories under Romanian control . An additional 135,000 Jews living under Hungarian control in Northern Transylvania also perished in the Holocaust, as did some 5,000 Romanian Jews in other countries.On the current territory of Romania, between 290,000 and 360,000 Romanian Jews survived World War II . During the communist regime in Romania, there was a mass emigration to Israel, and in 1987, only 23,000 Jews lived in Romania. Today, the majority of Romanian Jews live in Israel, while modern-day Romania continues to host a modest Jewish population. In the 2011 census, 3,271 declared to be Jewish.
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Calea Victoriei in Bucharest, Romania
Calea Victoriei, also known as Victory Avenue, is a major street that runs through central Bucharest.
The street starts at Splaiul Independentei and runs all the way to Piata Vicotoriei.
For most of its length Calea Victoriei runs parallel to the Dambovita River.
Along the length of Calea Victoriei are a number of historical buildings, churches, beautiful parks, museums, and other national monuments.
Some of the highlights include the Romanian Atheneum, the Museum of Art Collections, and the CEC Palace.
Planning a trip to Romania? Don't forget to check out my other Romania travel videos.
Purim play - Jewish Community Bucharest Romania
Purim play - Jewish Community Bucharest Romania
Bucuresti (Romania) Vacation Travel Video Guide
Travel video about destination Bucuresti in Romania.
The capital of Romania, Bucharest, the Paris of the East. Founded by Prince Dracula and transformed from a dictatorship into a fine metropolis. In between embellished Classical and Baroque facades, as well as playful Art Nouveau, are many splendid historic buildings. In Bucharest’s Old Town are the ruins of the Old Royal Court in which Vlad Tepes resided. In 1456, Vlad The Impaler, also known as Dracula, came to power as Prince Of The Walachei. On the other side of the Dâmboviţa River is Romania’s last dictator’s impressive and once-fearsome building, the Palace Of Parliament. Close by is the National Opera House which was founded in 1998 and created as a multi-functional complex. The Templul Coral is the largest and most beautiful synagogue in Bucharest where more than a hundred thousand Jews once lived. The Jewish Cemetery is now a sad sight as it has become overgrown and neglected. The large cemetery in the south of the city is an impressive symbol of death and a work of emotion and nostalgia. Monumental mausoleums, artistic wooden crosses and touching sculptures decorate the final resting place of prominent personages. The historic Orthodox Cemetery is the national pantheon that Baron Bellu had designed in the mid-nineteenth century. Bellu, who also became Romania’s Minister Of Culture And Justice, donated his garden in which the foundation of the cemetery was laid in November, 1852. Situated at the intersection of East and West, Bucharest is a pulsating city, a cosmopolitan metropolis with abundant art and culture, churches, museums and palaces: the pride of the nation’s honour regained!
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A Mish Mosh of Bucharest, Romania
This video is exactly what it says, a mish-mosh of history, historic buildings, differences in Romanian wine, and other sights seen over two brief days in Bucharest.
Every street in Bucharest was filled with Art Nouveau, Gothic, Romanesque, Neo-something or another homes - often derelict, but still beautiful. The parking situation amazed us - cars seemed to park willy-nilly in double and triple rows while attendants appeared to make sense of it all and would issue a parking slip which the driver would then pay. Bucharest is an amazing city!
The Bucharest Natural History Museum, Romania.
The Grigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History as it is formerly known contains the best and most complete deinotherium giganteum fossil in the world and really is worth the admission price on its own.
A significant part of this museum contains dioramas of a multitude of stuffed animals and a section on the human body made up of the kind of plastic models that can be bought from any school science supply company. In other words a bit disappointing. But hidden among these so-so displays are enough gems to make a visit worthwhile.
Footnote: The flying dinosaur is in fact a Hatzegopteryx thambema or a pterosaur (a flying reptile). It is the largest flying creature to ever live on this planet.
Piata Universitatii, Bucharest, Romania
University Square (Romanian: Piata Universitatii) is located in downtown Bucharest, near the University of Bucharest.